Founder's Corner

Some founders have had an entrepreneurial spirit since childhood,
but Sean Behr didn’t realize he wanted to start a company until
relatively later in life. It wasn’t until a few years ago that he
decided to start his own entrepreneurial journey. During the
conversation, Sean shared some great insights into starting...

Don’t overthink things. If you don’t have the team to build a great
product, go hire great people. If you have a great team but you
don’t have customers, focus on establishing a solid customer base.
Just focus on the main problem directly in front of you and solve
it as fast as you can. This is advice from Leonard...

As the first person to use social media for fundraising at the
presidential level during both of Barack Obama’s election
campaigns, Steve Spinner recognized an opportunity to build
automated fundraising software for a neglected but critical market.
Steve is the founder and CEO of RevUp, an automated...

Entrepreneurs start companies for a variety of different reasons.
For Thomaz Srougi, the motivation to turn an idea into a business
came from his own community. Thomaz is CEO and founder of dr.
consulta. He grew up in Brazil, and after learning there were 100
million people in the country without access to medical care,...

Hiring the right person for your team is like drafting an athlete
out of college: You know they’re good, but you’re often choosing
them for their potential and how great they’re going to be.
Sidharth Kakkar is the co-founder and CEO of Front Row Education.
They’re changing the way teachers use technology in the...

About the Podcast

Launching and growing an impactful company, especially one with a strong mission, can be a daunting task. The journey from assembling the right founding team to taking on investment, navigating a crowded market, tackling recruiting, and building a culture that marries purpose with profit constantly challenges what entrepreneurs can handle on their own. Founder's Corner brings you bite-size lessons and relatable tales from today's premier founders and CEOs so you can get ahead of tomorrow's roadblocks and build a great company faster than ever before. Join hosts Shripriya Mahesh and Rob Veres from Omidyar Network's emerging technology team, who invest in early-stage startups that aim to build great for-profit businesses that can change the world and create impact at scale.